Cartridge-carrier



F. R. BATCHEQLDER. CARTRIDGE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.5,19I8 1.,374,712. Patented Apr. 12,1921.v

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F. R. BATCHELDER.

CARTRIDGE CARRIER.

APPLlcAloN FILED Aus.5,191.

Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

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F. R. BATCHELDER.

CARTRIDGE CARRIER.

APPLICAUON HLED AuG.5. 191B.

Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

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@Egli UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BELT COMPANY, 0F WORCESTER, CHUSETTS.

MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION 0F MASSA` oARTitinen-ciiimiiin.

Specification of Letters l'atent.` Patented Apr. 12, 192i Application led August 5, 1918, Serial No. 248,252.

To all 107mm t may concer/a.'

Be it known that I, FRANK R. BATCH- iiiinnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcesteigin the county of VVorceser, State of ll/lassachnsetts, have invented a certain new and useful improvement in Cartridge-Carriers, of which the following is a s'iecification, reference being had therein Ato the accompanying drawings.

rThe invention relates to cartridge-carriers having, as in those of the waist-belt class, a plurality of cartridge-containing pockets arranged in line with one another horizontally, such pockets serving for the reception of groups of cartridges held by clips. In practice, heretofore, the cartridge-containing pockets of carriers of such class have had the months or openings thereoflocated at thc-tops thereof so that the cartridges are inserted into a pocket` and removed therefrom by movement vertically. They have been furnished with covers ,for their open tops, such covers provided with fastenings, usually of the glove-fastener type, for'secnring them in. closed condition. Except in the case of the most favorablyflocated pockets of the series of pockets of a waist-belt cartridge-carrier, the movements by A'which a coveris unfastened and thrown open and the cartridges are removed from a pocket are somewhat inconvenient' and are Vperformed with a lack of ease and freedom, so that the action of the wearer in loading and reloading his gun is hindered and the rapidity of firing affected. Thishas been more particularlyv observable in the case of the rear pockets of such belts,y it being difficult for the wearer to reach around behind, undo `the cover of one of such pockets, raise the cover, and lift the cartridges vertically out of the pocket. This difficulty is experienced especially when the wearer is in the lyingdown firing position. A leading object of the invention is to provide a pocket having the mouth thereof so located that the drawback set forth above shall be obviated. The

openfrom top. te bottom ofthe pockets andy being shown somewhat conventiona Fig. 2 is an isometric oblique view of a portion of the supporting-band of a cartridge-carrier, and one pocket applied thereto in accordance with one illustrative embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a view` similar to Fig. 2 but showing a pocket applied in accordance with a second illustrative embodiment of the invention.

F ig. 4 is a perspectiveview of a portion of a carrier, showing a form of retainer different from the form shown in Figs. l'to 3. Fig. 5 is a detail viewshowing a section of the retainer of` F ig; 4 on line 5, 5. k

The cartridge-carrier shown in Fig. l is of the Waist-belt class, and in this instance comprises opposite pocketed sections A, B,

that are'adjustably connected together atk the rear by means ofadjnstment strap C engaged with gridirons D,'D, which are attached to the rear ends of the said sections. The frontends of the saidsections are providedk with belt-fastener members YE, E', which are engaged with each other to connect4 the said ends together while the car-l shows the cartridge-carrier in substantially the position in which it is worn, with the pockets a, Zi, of each set in line with one another horizontally. It shows the feature vof the open mouth, l, ofa pocket facing laterally so that in general the open month of one pocket faces the closedend 2, of the next adjacent pocket, which has been mentioned already as a characteristic of the invention. As previously mentioned, the

partinents of a pocket.

open mouth of each pocket is open from top to bottom of the pocket, so as thereby to permit easy introduction of clips of cartridges into the pocket, and is adapted for ready withdrawal of a clip of ,cartridges from the pocket by a direct transverse movement. Each poclret is shown furnished with a partition c serving to separate its inte-r rior space into two compartments, each adapted to receive and `contain a clip of cartridges. ln this instance, the partition is diagonally disposed, so that thereby the said compartments are given reversely tapered forms to suit the shape of cartridges inserted sidewise into the compartments and disposed reversely in the respective coni- The invention is not restricted with respect to the employment of a partition, its arrangement, or the number of partitions provided in connection with a pocket. At 3 is a retainer in connection with the mouth of each pocket, coinprising in this instance, as heretofore in some instances, a strip of webbing of convenient width which is fastened by one end thereof at the baclr of a pocket so that the retainer is adapted to be extended across the opening or openings of the mouth, from the rear to the front, the free end of the retainer being adapted to be bent around against the front of the pocket, and such end being detachably secured to the said front by suitable fastener-devices 4L, in this instance of ordinary snap-fastener type.

A. feature of the cartridge-carrier shown in Fig. l is the fact that the mouths of all the pockets face-toward the front, the sections ri, B, being respectively right-hand and left-hand. rhis insures greater accessibility of the said mouths and the pocketcontents. p y

The specilic construction of a cartridgecarrier embodying the invention, and the mode of making the said cartridge-carrier, may be varied more or less in practice.

,d pockets and combining them with a supporting-band. This mode provides for producing woven pockets having at the sideopening of a pocket selvagge-edges upon the y front and back-walls, and upon the partition when a partition is provided.

The pocket shown in Fig. 2 is woven with its open mouth parallel with the warp-threads which are used in its fabrication. The weft or `hlling extends transversely of the poclret, and at the said mouth is returned upon itself in the margin of each of the web-portions constituting' the pocket-front, the partition, the pocket-back, and the poclret-top and pocket-bottom, so that said margins are produced as selvage-edges properly bound y in the weaving.

I rit the side opposite the side-opening constituting the open mouth, the warp-threads and vweftl or filling are the pocket, at both sides of the latter.

2 showsV one mode of making the interwoven in any approved 'manner to produce a closed side. The novel method shown in Fig. 2 of attaching an applied pocket to a supporting-band involves as one feature thereof weaving the pocket-back with projecting portions" or fins cl2, cl2, at its top and bottom ends for convenience in attaching the pochette the supporting or body-band. In il ig. 2 these portions are shown as doubled baclr upon themselves, the returned portions thereof being inserted into housing-slits which are foi-med foi' their reception in the top and bottom margins of the band. ln ,this instance, the housingslits are produced by the marginal portions of the band being woven split or divided. rilhe attachment to the said band is coinpleted by means of horizontal lines of fasteniiigse, usually stitches, engaging` with the said projecting rins, cl2, (Z2, at the top and bottom of the pocket, and also passing through the two side-walls of each housing-slit and the returned portion occupying the saine, and also by vertical lines of fastenings f, usually stitches, passing through marginal portions at the back of In practice, a rnumber .of pockets like that shown 'in Fig. 2 will be produced in a continuous web with the open mouth of a 95 pocket at one margin of such web, and with intermediate portions of web between the successive pockets so that when such intermediate portions are severed transversely between one io'clret and the next, to sepa- 100 rate the pockets from one another, the parts i the said 4intermediate portions remaining band and overlap at their ends, as at d4,

the overlappingportions being fastened together suitably.V Lines e and f of fastenings are applied above and below the pocket, and at the sides thereof, as in Fig. 2.

ln Figs. Zand 3 the rear end of theretainer 3 is entered between the supporting- 115 band and the back of the pocket, and made secure by fastenings g, usually stitches.

. Fig. i shows an improved form of retainer for a pocket having a side-opening. A retainer 3a of the form shown in Fig. 4 is 120 hinged by one end thereof to the forwardlyprojecting top of apo'clret,and is contrived so that when desired it may be swung up as at the left-hand side in such figure Vto thereby uncover the said side-opening, and also so that it may be lswung down alongside the side of the pocket so as'to cover and close the 'side-opening, as at theright in suitable material having one end-portion thereof laid upon the projecting top of the pocket, and attached thereto by suitable fastenings h, such as stitches. The opposite end portion of the said strip is adapted to extend under and lit against the forwardly projecting bottom of the pocket, and usually is engaged therewith by suitable disengageable fastener means, such for instance as a snapfastener, one member of which is shown at 4f. The rear edge of the retainer fits against the face of the supporting-band suficiently close to exclude rain and dust. If desired, a flange 3b may be attached to the front portion of the retainer, to fit aroundthe marginal portion ofthe face of the pocket when the retainer is closed Idown into place, as at the 4right in Fig. 4, to aiford protection at ythe front. As shown in Fig. 4, the retainer constitutes an effective cover for the sideopening or mouth.

What is claimed as the invention is Y* l. A cartridge-carrier.constructed to lbe worn in a horizontal position encircling the waist of the wearerhaving a horizontal series of pockets each formed with avertical mouth adapted for withdrawal of a `clip of cartridges i from the pocket by a transverse movement.

2. A cartridge-carrier constructed to be worn in a horizontal position encircling the waist of the wearer, having a horizontal series of pockets each'formed with fa vertical mouth adapted for withdrawal `of a clip of cartridges from the pocket by a transverseA movement, and furnished with detachable closure-means for the respective pockets.

8. A cartridge-carrier worn in a horizontal position, having a horizontal series of seamless woven pockets each formed with a vertical mouth, with the edges of the re- 4. A cartridge-carrier worn in a horizontal position, having a horizontal series of seamless woven pockets composed of warpthreads disposed vertically and weft-threads disposed horizontally, with said warpthreads and weft-threads interwoven to form said pockets with vertical selvage-edged mouths. y y

5. In a carrier, the combination with a supporting-band having upper and lower housing-slits, of an applied pocket open at the side and having f upper and lower attaching fins enteredv into said housing-slits and fastened therein.

6. In a carrier, the combination with a supporting-band having its upper and lower margins split, forming housing-slits, of an applied pocket open at the side and having upper and lowerattaching fins which are returned upon themselves, with their re? I 'turned portions entered into and fastened Y bottom.

r8. A cartridge-carrier worn in a horizontal posltlonhaving as .worn a series of pockets 41n line .withy one another horizontally,

said pockets having side-openings and arranged in opposite sets with all the sidevopenings of the respective sets Afacing toward the front. In testimony whereof I aiix my signature -in presence of two witnesses.

y FRANK R. BATCHELDER.

I/Vitnesses:l .Y y

,FRANCES'A. MILLER,

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